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Assessing your carer’s needs 32. If you only need a bit of help at home 33. If you need more help at home 34. If you need to move into a care home 35. Paying for your care 36. Thinking about your finances 37 ... think? • How quickly can you be seen there? • How easy is it to get there? Is there adequate car parking? • Are the location and visiting times convenient for your loved ones? In England, you should be
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in our lives, whether it’s to sort out a problem with benefits, help you write a will, or sell your home. For more information call Age Cymru Advice on 0300 303 44 98
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toilets around and seats to [be] able to rest. (Female, 85-89, Torfaen) [I need] More benches in the park. (Female, 70-74, Cardiff) Age Cymru’s Community Calculator survey2 (pre-pandemic) which enabled older ... and brick pavements that are slippery when wet were seen as hazardous. Pavements obstructed with parked cars, bins and street furniture restricted access for wheelchairs and mobility scooters. Problems
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Domestic abuse is defined by the Home Office as “Incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse... by someone who is or has been an intimate
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The Government is consulting on regulations that determine the basic build standards for all new homes. These include: accessibility, space, security, water efficiency, energy, indoor environmental standards ... the consultation paper, is to create three separate categories or levels of accessibility for new homes (linked to space standards). This would involve retaining the existing building regulations on accessibility
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healthcare services as the wider community. The Welsh Government must provide stronger direction to care homes in Wales to improve access to health and care services for residents, such as regular access to dentists ... incontinence, podiatry, dental needs, strokes and falls can result in maintaining independence at home and delay the need for high-end residential care.1 We support the use of technology such as the
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Age Cymru Advice 0300 303 44 98 www.agecymru.org.uk Factsheet 67w August 2023 Home improvements and repairs for older people in Wales Factsheet 67w August 2023 ... factsheet 4 2 Recent housing legislation relating to people who rent their home 4 3 Help that may be available from the local authority 8 3.1 ‘Lower level’ housing adaptations or
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agreed definition has not emerged. Whereas the Lifetime Homes Standard1 provides an agreed list of features for accessible and adaptable homes, the same has not been achieved for neighbourhoods. This ... People Services Better meeting places and green spaces Local social activities Better local buses and parking Public seating Better relationships between different age groups Accessible and clean public toilets
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Me More Report on the care home resident engagement project The aim of the Tell Me More project funded by Welsh Government in line with the Care Home Action Plan Care homes action plan: final update [HTML] ... in care homes during the Covid Pandemic. The outcome will be a written report and short animated film featuring the voices of care home residents. Initially, we worked closely with two care homes, one in
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authorities, the NHS and the social care system. The latest estimate from Age UK is that the cost of cold homes to the NHS is around £1.36bn every yeariv. While the number of excess winter deaths remains far too ... it may be possible to phase out the WFP, but it would only be safe to do so after older people’s homes have been made energy efficient, not before. Means-testing the WFP
